by - August 11, 2022 11:54 am
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport is slowly recovering from COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns in 2020, and Airport Director Michael Griffin estimates a new connection to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport…
by - February 8, 2022 5:12 pm
Air travel is slowly returning to Fort Smith, but at levels still well below those prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport in 2021 totaled…
by - October 27, 2021 5:17 pm
In a city founded to help push the country westward, heading east is the top challenge for Fort Smith Regional Airport Director Michael Griffin. The airport has four direct flights…
by - July 27, 2021 5:21 pm
American Airlines will not operate flights out of Fort Smith Regional from Aug. 21 through Sept. 5 due to a planned construction project of repaving the airport’s main runway, said…
by - January 18, 2021 4:12 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements were down 59.6% in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that largely shut down business and tourism travel around the world. The decline hit as…
by - September 11, 2020 3:39 pm
Travel out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport continues to be well below 2019 numbers thanks to COVID-19, but Michael Griffin said business travel is “returning slowly” and American Airlines…
by - May 26, 2020 2:32 pm
Delta Airlines has asked for federal approval to temporarily suspend service to the Fort Smith Regional Airport, a move that will further reduce traffic out of Fort Smith that has…
by - May 11, 2020 3:59 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director Michael Griffin is not surprised with the significant downturn in enplanements, and he is hopeful the need to get back to business will soon result…
by - October 8, 2019 3:54 pm
Business and tourism travel out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport continues to grow, with enplanements up almost 5% through the first nine months of 2019. September enplanements grew at…
by - September 9, 2019 7:13 pm
Traffic gains out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport continue to grow, with the tally up 4.6% for the first eight months of the year compared to a 4% gain…
by - July 11, 2019 5:01 pm
Traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport – up almost 5% in June – is on track to post a fourth year of consecutive gains after a sudden drop…
by - May 28, 2019 5:47 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport officials have been presented four alternatives to lengthening the main runway as part of a process to complete a new master plan for the facility. Lee’s…
by - April 16, 2019 6:00 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport on Tuesday (April 16) unveiled its new $3.4 million fire station to the public. The new 3–bay, Air Rescue Firefighting Facility (ARFF), located at the…
by - February 11, 2018 10:24 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements were up for the second straight year in 2017. Enplanements totaled 89,582 in 2017, up 2.4% from 87,488 in 2016. December enplanements totaled 7,173, down…
by - April 25, 2017 7:57 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission named Michael Griffin as the facility’s new airport director during Tuesday night’s (April 25) meeting. Griffin replaces former director John Parker, who announced his…
by - April 24, 2017 3:20 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission is closer to naming a replacement for former Director John Parker, who announced his retirement last November and officially stepped away from the position…
by - March 23, 2017 6:25 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director John Parker will retire on March 31 after 20 years with the facility and close to 10 as director. It’s not likely a new director…
by - January 18, 2017 4:37 pm
Fire and emergency services will return to the 188th Wing based at the Fort Smith Regional Airport thanks to a decision by Lt. Gen. Leon Scott “Catfish” Rice. The move…
by - November 28, 2016 8:53 am
The future Fort Smith Regional Airport Director will breathe a sigh of relief when settling into the office of Director John Parker, who announced his retirement — effective March 31,…
by - April 18, 2016 6:00 pm
U.S. AIr Force Secretary Deborah James has asked Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta for relief from a technicality that might cause the Fort Smith Regional Airport to not be…
